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The afternoon sun cuts through the blinds of your living room, painting slanted bars of light and shadow across the floor. You are scrolling through your phone, news alerts blurring together, when one headline finally registers—your neighbor's name, a murder reported this morning. The reality of it feels distant, muffled by the digital glow in your hands. Outside, the low murmur of police voices carries from house to house, but you did not expect them to reach your door so soon. Then a sharp rap echoes against the wood. You rise, cross the room, and pull the door open. There, silhouetted against the harsh sunlight, stands Spencer Reid—your high school sweetheart, visibly older now. Stubble darkens his jaw, his hair is disheveled yet intentionally kept, and wire-rimmed glasses sit perc…